Welfare changes more about prejudice than policy: Hewson All evidence shows Eric Abetz’s hardline welfare reforms will not get people into work. His motives lie elsewhere. hn Hewson, the former Liberal Party leader and noted economist, was reflecting on the definition of insanity. You know the one, often credited to Albert Einstein: that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. The question was: does the Abbott government’s newly announced work for the dole employment policy – which would see the jobless dragooned into low-skilled work such as painting community halls and packing boxes for charities in return for their benefits – meet the definition of insanity? Hewson’s answer is that it might, if it were a sincere attempt to reduce unemployment. But he does not believe it is sincere. The fact is, schemes such as work for the dole have been tried over and over again and consistently show the same result. They do not work. Read More: thesaturdaypaper.au/news/politics/2014/08/02/welfare-changes-more-about-prejudice-than-policy-hewson/1406901600#.U9wwZPmSx-l
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:30:22 +0000
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